“ Strong instances of self-denial operate powerfully on our minds, and a man who has no wants has obtained great freedom and firmness and even dignity. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
|---|---|
| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | firmness freedom |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“even exercise, in some cases, something like an authority. What must they
think of that body of teachers if they see it in no part above the
establishment of their domestic servants? If the poverty were voluntary,
there might be some difference. Strong instances of self-denial operate
powerfully on our minds, and a man who has no wants has obtained great
freedom and firmness and even dignity. But as the mass of any description
of men are but men, and their poverty cannot be voluntary, that disrespect
which attends upon all lay poverty will not depart from the ecclesiastical.
Our provident constitution has therefore taken care that those who are to”
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